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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Weekend Roundup: Box Office Results for 5/16-5/18

Welcome to another edition of WEEKEND ROUNDUP, where we discuss this weekends box office results. The TOP 3 this weekend were The Amazing Spider-Man, Neighbors, and Godzilla.

Godzilla destroyed the box office this week like a little Japanese fishing town, and even managed to score the biggest opening day box office of 2014, bringing in $38.5 million on Friday. Neighbors has continued to do well, while The Amazing Spider-Man 2 had another big drop this week.

FROZEN UPDATE: In its 26th week on the big screen, Frozen has inched closer to taking the #5 spot with a worldwide total of $1.206 billion. This puts it less than $10 million away from beating out Iron Man 3 and claiming a spot in the Top 5 highest grossing films of all time, a feat I am confident it will succeed at by next weekend.

Let's take a look at how the Top 3 did this weekend...

1. GODZILLA

This week's powerhouse film was Godzilla. A fresh take on a classic monster icon, Godzilla crushed the box office, bringing in a very impressive $93.2 million. When combined with its oversees draw, we saw a worldwide total of $196.6 million on a $160 million production budget. This film is well on its way to making big money, and with a sequel already announced, it's only going to go up from here.

2. NEIGHBORS

2014's best comedy so far is definitely the new Seth Rogan/Zac Efron film, Neighbors, which has continued to draw in an impressive audience in its second week out. This weekend, it brought in $25.1 million, putting its domestic total at $90.6 million and its worldwide total at a whopping $145.4 on a mere $18 million production budget.

3. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 saw another significant drop this week, bringing in a modest $16.8 million, a 52.7% drop from last weekend. This puts its domestic total at $172.2 million and its worldwide total at $633.2 million. But seeing as it's only in its third week, I have no doubt that ASM2 will break the $750 million mark, something that all four other Spider-Man films have successfully achieved.

Here's a quick rundown of this weekends results:

#1 - Godzilla - $93,188,384

#2 - Neighbors - $25,065,895

#3 - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - $16,803,227

Join us next week for another edition to WEEKEND ROUNDUP. Which movies will be on top? Which movies will underperform? Check out our next edition of WEEKEND ROUNDUP for the scoop!